Chapter Updates

by Jeanne Wetzel Chinn, Redwood Chapter Northern California Forest Committee Chair Good Afternoon.  Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. A few people have asked me, “What is Sierra Club?”  Sierra Club is the largest grassroots...

By Richard Charter, Director, Coastal Coordination Program, The Ocean Foundation We all know that the Sonoma Coast is a global natural treasure, and every few years our county decision makers update our Local Coastal Plan (LCP) as a way to...

At a time when positive environmental news has been hard to come by, PG&E’s decision to decommission the Potter Valley Project, the antiquated hydroelectric facility that operates Scott and Cape Horn Dams on the main stem of the Eel River, has...

by Steve Birdlebough, Redwood Chapter Transportation Chair Highway 37, where it crosses the marshlands between Vallejo and Novato, is overcrowded during rush hours and threatened by rising sea levels. During the decades to come, the road is...

by Chris Benz Watershed Explorers learning about wastewater treatment The American Canyon Wetlands are a marvelous place to be on a May morning: open, expansive views over the marshes, the tang of saltwater from the incoming tide, and a...

PG&E’s decision to decommission the Potter Valley Project, the antiquated hydroelectric facility that operates Scott and Cape Horn Dams on the main stem of the Eel River, has created an enormous opportunity to restore a great wild salmonid river...

Pacific Gas and Electric’s antiquated, poorly maintained power lines have caused major wildfires throughout its territory, including the 2018 Camp Fire, the most destructive in California’s history. Subsequently they declared war on trees by...